Trunk-fastener



(No Model.)

O. A. TAYLOR.

TRUNK FASTENER.

Patented Feb. 12, 1389.

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CHARLES A. TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGOR TO JOHN II. SESSIONS,OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 397,878, dated FebruaryI2, 1889. Application filed September 15, 1888. Serial No. 285,551. (Nomodel.)

To all 'who/)L z'zf may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. TAYLOR,

'otl Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Trunk-Fasteners, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters ol reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to tru n k-iixtu res which are intended totemporarily secure the lid to the body of the trunlf, and which areusually located one on each side of the trunk-lock.

I-Iereto'fore the lid of the trunk had to be left open, or great carehad to be exercised in order to keep the said fixtures fromautomat-ically locking every time the li d was dropped over the body.

The object ot' my invention is to prevent this automatic locking everytime the lid is by accident or design closed, thus avoiding thenecessity orf unlocking or disengaging said vlixtures every timeitisdesired to get into the trunk.

In the drawings, Figure l is a lront vview of my improved fixture. Fig.2 is a transverse vertical section taken on line rc ou, Fig. 1. Figs. 3and i are t'ront and rear views of the upper plate with the boltremoved; and Figs. 5 and G are perspective views of the lront and rear,respectively, of said bolt.

Referrin to t-he drawings, A represents the upper plate, which issecured to the front. of the lid of the trunk, 'so that its lower edgeis Hush and parallel with the edge of the lid, and which has two tenons,c c., projecting down l'roni said lower edge on either side of thecenter, which extend past the edge ol' the lid a suitable distance.

l) l represent parallel walls, which project outward from the front ot'the said plate an equal distance ou either side ot a vertical lineintersecting the center ot' width ot' said plate, and which extendVvertically from the lower odge oi' said plate to near the upper edgethercot', forming, as it were, a vertical way, within which the bolt t?is placed and moves longitudinally in. I make in the tloor ot' said waya rectangular opening, I), and make pockets c c in the inner surfaces ofthe walls B directly opposite each other, in which I place the base ofthe zigzag spring I), as shown in Figs. 3 and a of the drawings.

Bolt C is of a length extending from the upper limits of walls B to theend of lugs c, and b'ulges outward about its center of length and isprovided with a transverse recess, d, in its under surface beneath saidbulge, wit-hin which the spring I) comes when said bolt is in positionbetween walls B. Projecting outward from the transverse edges of saidrecess d are lugs c c, which pass through suitable openings in aclamping-plate, E, and are swayed to prevent said plate from looseningtherefrom. Plate E is rectangular in shape and wider and longer thanopening b, which it covers. The under surface oi plate A is depressed orsunken an area equal in width but longer than said plate E, in which thelatter rests, and moves in when the bolt O, to which it is connected,moves. The upper end of the bolt is shaped so as to form a shoulderagainst which the finger can be pressed to push it longitudinallydownward, and from the lower end of said bolt there projects outward alug, g, which is not so wide as the bolt,

the upper surface of which is at right angles to the same, and the backot which is curved,

shown.

The spring I) keeps the bolt at the upper limit ol' its throw, so thatwhen the pressure is removed that holds iti down itautomatically returnsto such position'.

F represents the lower plate, which is fast cned to the front of thebody ot' the trunk immediately under and in register with plate A, sothat its upper edge is liush and parallel with the upper edge et thebody, and so that the tenons u a ot' plate A can enter sockets made inits upper edge with reference to them.

Hinged iu the lower part ol said lower plate, F, is the hasp G, asshown, which by means of a spring, 71, is kept closed against saidplate. lts upper end, which rests between the raised struetin-c, inwhich sockets are made, and extends to the vupper edge of said plate F,has a rectangular opening, Il', therein. The ot'tice olf this openingis, when the lid is closed and the bolt O bears upon the upper end ot'the hasp-and in some cases oscillating it outward and getting under itslightly-by pushing said bolts downward the hasp snaps over said lng g,which projects through said opening, thus locking the two plates and thelid and body of t-he trunk together.

lVhcn it is desired to unlock the lixture, the hasp is pulled outwardslightly, whereupon the bolt, being' free, returns, by reason of theaction of spring D, to its normal position.

Concerning the unlocking of the fixture, it l them as equivalents.

projecting from its lower end and having a recess in its inner surface,and spring D, secured to plate A and located within said recess, sooperating on said bolt as to push it toward the limit of its upwardmovement, of plate F and spring-actuated hasp G, hinged in the lowerpart thereof and having an opening g in the upper end thereof, as setforth.

l wish to be understood as considering s 3. ln a trunk-fixture, thecombination,with plate A, having opening h therein, bolt C, having lug gprojecting therefrom and having a recess in its under surface, spring D,secured to plate A and located Within said recess, and plate E,connected to bolt C, as set forth, of plate F, hasp G, fulcru'med in thelower part thereof and having an opening, H, in its upper end, andspring 7L, as set forth.

4C. rlhe combination, with plate A,provided with walls B B and arectangular opening' between them, bolt C, having lug g projecting fromits lower end, and a recess, el, in the under surface thereof, spring D,secured to plate enlarged at their outer ends, so as to prevent theirwithdrawal.

What I claim as new isl. In a trunk-fixture, the combination, with plateA, reciprocating bolt C, having a lug, g, projecting from its lower end,and a spring, D, of plate F and oscillating hasp G, having an opening,H, in the free end thereof.

A, located within recess (l and pressing' said bolt upward, and plate E,connected to said bolt, of plate F and hasp G, fulcrumed in 2. In at1unl{-iiXtu1e,tl1e combination, with i `plate A, reciprocating bolt C,having a lug, g,

said plate and having an opening, H, in its upper end, and spring h, asset forth.

CHARLES A. TAYLOR.

lVitnesses:

FRANK D. THoMAsoN, JOHN S. MOCLURE.

